Child&#39;s locomotive-coaster.



R. W. NICOL.

CHILD'S LOCOMOTIVE COASTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. ms.

1,145,209. Patented July 6,1915.

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I To all 'whomit may concern:

RICHARD W. NICOIJ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHIIJJS LOCOMOTfVE-COASTEB.

Be it known that I, RICHARD V. NIcoL, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Chicago. Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Children-s Locomotive Coasters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a childs coaster which shall have the simulation of a locomotive both in appearance and. in sound, while at the same time constructing and arranging the parts so that the coaster may be readily steered while being propelled by the pushing or kicking action of the foot of the user.

In a certain sense the present invention may be considered-an improvement of the Swedish kicksled now frequently seen on the asphalt pavements of our cities.

The invention will be understood from the following description reference being had to the annexed drawing in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of mechanism embodying my invention in the best form now known to me: Fig. :2, a top'plan view of said machine andFig. 3. a detail of the sounding spring and boxes, showing one box in section to expose the shot or sand contained therein.

Referring now to said drawing, A indicates the fore and aft bar 'of the frame. composed of channel iron or steel, turned back upon itself at the'front end .to receivethe axle a of the front wheel B and confine said wheel. This wheel is made in likeness of a locomotive driving-wheel, with coimterba-l ance, crank-pin and pitman 6, working pis:

ton-rod c which plays in a dummy wooden steam chest. This piston and dummy chest,

besides giving the apparatus an air of veri similitude' serve to steady the mechanism.

Secured tothe front of frame-bar A or mounted on the axle therein. is the handle C, rigid with-the frame-bar.

The rear end of the fore-and-aft-f-ramebar receives an angular extension frame. ad-

visably of channel iron D. which holds a wooden platform D for the foot. and this rear frame is s'upported'on axle E..having wheels F F'- thus. with front wheel B, longitudinal bar, A, and handle C, constituting a running truck or barrow,

Secured to the longitudmal frame-bar ust behind the front wheel. is a box, or boxes G,

G of suitable material containing sand, shot or pellets,- or any loose material. g

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1913. Serial No. 775,110.

Patented July 6, 191 5.

adapted to jingle when the box is struck or rapped, or the box may be resonant and empty. Behind the box and secured by its shank to the frame-bar is a plate-spring H projecting over and beyond the box in front,

bringing its free end ,into the path of tappets 1:. projecting from the side of the front wheel; as this wheel is revolved the tappets strike. lift and wipe past the spring, which,

upon its release, strikes a hard blow on the top of the box, keeping up a rub-a-dub of a speed depending on the travel of the wheel. I

and the number of tappets or wipers.

The wheels beneath the rear, platform are mounted similarly to the steering wheels of an automobile; that is to say, the journal of each is one arm of an elbow-lever K the opposite arm, A, being connected by bar is with the corresponding arm of the other lever by bar L with which engages a third elbow lever L, connected by link L with.

another elbow-lever Z on the base of the handle and operated by rod 1', passed up through the handle and controlled by hand grasp lever Z on top of the said handle, so that by moving said hand grasp the wheels will be properly swimg to steer.

In operation the player grasps the handle and mounts the rear platform with one foot, swinging the other free to thrust against the ground and thereby propel the machine, thus setting the mechanism in action.

Having thus described my invention and the best way now known to ,mein which it may be carried out, what I claim is:

1. A childs toy comprising a truck having a substantially horizontal forward extending bar. a handle rigidly secured to said bar and extending upward and rearward therefrom',a rigid axle projecting lat- 4 era-11y from theforward end of said bar, a

lead wheel mounted on said axle. adummv -steam chest mounted on the side of. said ha r .1 a

to the rear of said wheel. apiston and pitmanacting between said wheel and steam chest on the opposite side of said wheel from said bar, a sounding box located forward of said steam chest. and alongside of said her, a plate spring for said box projectingforward of said steam chest into the space between saidwheel and bar, tappets projecting from said wheel toward said bar 1 so as to engage the free end of said spring to actuate said box as said wheel isrotated,

pivotallymounted wheels beneath the rear of said truck, and means for controlling the I the truck.

movement of said 2. A childs toy comprising a truck hav-, ing' a forward extending horizontal bar, a handle rigidly secured to said bar and extending upward and rearward therefrom, a rigid axle projecting laterally from the forwardend of said bar, a lead wheel mounted on said axle, a dummy steam chest mounted on said bar to the rear of said wheel, a piston and pitman acting between said wheel and steam chest in a substantially horizon-.

pivoted wheels to steer tal direction, a sounding box mounted near I RICHARD W. NICOL.

, Witnesses:

C. H. ROESS NER, MAnrLA VELLE, 

